Jesus sends us two invitations: an invitation to union and to service. He invites us to dwell in his presence and then go forth to share the gifts we have received. We really have only one call--to receive and share God’s love. Sometimes this call involves taking a serious risk to pursue and share God’s love. We may have to climb a sycamore tree like Zacchaeus did, just to see and meet the Lord, or we may have to be hanging on a cross like the good thief Dismas was, just to see and meet the Lord. And sometimes we may have to leave our comfortable niches and go out and find a lost pilgrim on the road and place her on our shoulders and lead her back to the flock, so that she can see and meet the Lord once again.
These are the serious risks Benedict tells us we must be ready to take to support a wavering member of the community. Are we ready to climb that tree, or hang on that cross, or carry that lost one back to the flock?
Sr. Veronica, OSB
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